Small Animal Anesthesia Techniques

The Editors Amanda M. Shelby, BSc, RVT, VTS (Anesthesia & Analgesia), Jurox, Inc., North Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Carolyn M. McKune, DVM, DACVAA, is a Veterinary Anesthesiologist and Independent Contractor with her company Mythos Veterinary LLC (www.mythosvet.com) located in Gainesville, Florida, USA.

List of Contributors vii Preface ix Acknowledgments xi About the companion website xiii Section I: General topics in anesthesia and analgesia 1 1 Anesthetic process 3 Yishai Kushnir and Carolyn M. McKune 2 Anesthesia equipment and monitoring 28 Jennifer Sager and Carolyn M. McKune 3 Adverse events/anesthetic complications 52 Carolyn M. McKune and Angela Borchers 4 Anesthetic considerations for specific procedures 93 Amanda M. Shelby and Carolyn M. McKune 5 Anesthesia in patients with concurrent disease 141 Sharon Tenenbaum Shih 6 Anesthesia and analgesia in the exotic patient 197 Amanda M. Shelby and Carolyn M. McKune 7 Nonopioid analgesia alternatives and locoregional blocks 231 Vaidehi Paranjape and Stephen Cital Section II: Drug formulary 277 Dario A. Floriano and Amanda M. Shelby Appendices 385 Appendix A: Pain scale options 385 Appendix B: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation 393 Appendix C: Constant-rate infusion calculations 396 Appendix D: Creating dilutions and reconstituting solutions 397 Appendix E: Abdominal tap 399 Appendix F: Drugs to withhold or continue in the perianesthetic period (see drug formulary, Section II) 400 Appendix G: Calculating fluid drip rates 403 Appendix H: Epidural calculations 403 Appendix I: Conversions 403 Index 405